Archived publication for 2012
Recent publications
Insecure employment - code for more regulation of the workplace
"An ACTU campaign to restrict access to non-permanent employment is divorced from labour market and economic reality. The campaign would have dire consequences and must be resisted" said John Lloyd, Director, Work Reform and Productivity Unit at...
Work Choices
An occasional paper on Work Choices.
Workplace relations reform - time for a rational debate
"Today almost every workplace relations reform proposed by employers, their representative associations and the Coalition is labelled by the unions and the ALP as a return to Work Choices. Most of this labelling is wrong," said John Lloyd,...
Law of the jungle to return to the building and construction industry
‘Workplace relations in the building and construction industry will return to the law of the jungle. The passage of the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Amendment (Transition to Fair Work) Bill through the Parliament today...
New poll: Households concerned about energy and food prices
‘Australians are most concerned about electricity costs of all the major household expenses', a new poll commissioned by the Institute of Public Affairs found, said Policy Director, Tim Wilson, today. Mr Wilson's comments follow a Galaxy...
Does Australia have a Productivity Growth Problem?
Ever since Paul Krugman stated that productivity was ‘almost everything', policy makers have been obsessed with improving it. This focus has led to a great deal of policy confusion. Productivity is important, but it is not an active policy...
The Finkelstein Report into Media and Media Regulation
The Finkelstein Report into Media and Media Regulation Licensing, censorship and accountability
Letter to Stephen Conroy, Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Ludlam
Is socialism finished?
IPA Review, Winter 1986 The salient characteristic of socialism is its lack of popular support. This is true in states like the USSR where, one observer has written, it is impossible to inject a discussion of Marxism-Leninism into a conversation...
Swan's monthly hypocrisy
Wayne Swan's essay in The Monthly magazine, published today, reveals breathtaking hypocrisy, says James Paterson, Editor of the Institute of Public Affairs Review. In his essay, Mr Swan attacks vested interests, such as mining companies, and...